So - this happened.
We've been missing the mild mannered cruiser 54 belair we sold to be able to afford to jack up the corner of our house.
So - since this four door was much cooler (but rougher and priced accordingly) and owned by a friend who needed to downsize.... I brought this home, and it will remain sitting on the trailer with mothballs in it at least until the barn addition is done.
Most likely it will end up powered by a mild 390 FE and a C6 unless I decide it's a good idea to spend nearly $900 on an adapter to run a more modern transmission with overdrive.
From there, we'll see if we can fit the seats from a 97 town car into it, put a scarebird front disc conversion on it and an appropriate dual master cylinder, and hopefully drop in an after market AC system without hacking into the well preserved (still has the factory radio) metal dashboard.
From there - swap out the busted driver door window, fix what needs fixing - and - DRIVE IT.... similar to what Squirrel did with his Edsel, fix what needs fixing, upgrade for safety's sake where appropriate, but at all costs - avoid the temptation of project creep.... and Take Lee to school in it as often as possible.
We've been missing the mild mannered cruiser 54 belair we sold to be able to afford to jack up the corner of our house.
So - since this four door was much cooler (but rougher and priced accordingly) and owned by a friend who needed to downsize.... I brought this home, and it will remain sitting on the trailer with mothballs in it at least until the barn addition is done.
Most likely it will end up powered by a mild 390 FE and a C6 unless I decide it's a good idea to spend nearly $900 on an adapter to run a more modern transmission with overdrive.
From there, we'll see if we can fit the seats from a 97 town car into it, put a scarebird front disc conversion on it and an appropriate dual master cylinder, and hopefully drop in an after market AC system without hacking into the well preserved (still has the factory radio) metal dashboard.
From there - swap out the busted driver door window, fix what needs fixing - and - DRIVE IT.... similar to what Squirrel did with his Edsel, fix what needs fixing, upgrade for safety's sake where appropriate, but at all costs - avoid the temptation of project creep.... and Take Lee to school in it as often as possible.
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